Brothers M. Jude and Christopher Reyes are co-chairs of Reyes Holdings, a $23.5 billion (2014 sales) food and beer distribution conglomerate. The company consists of Reyes Beverage Group, the largest beer distributor in the U.S.; Martin-Brower, the largest food distributor to McDonald's; and food distributor Reinhart Foodservice. Reyes Holdings got its start when the family bought a small South Carolina beer distributor for $740,000 in 1976. Jude is a trustee at Northwestern University.

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